Actually writing? 3, maybe 4. But several more are spent researching or brainstorming. Or reading, which is part of it

Bob Pollard

10:13

Why have the White Sox not signed Desmond yet? He fits their "patching holes to try to contend" philosophy, and they need a SS.

Jeff Sullivan

10:13

I don't know. I assume price, and maybe Cespedes being a higher priority

Q-Ball

10:15

Is it possible for a player to get a contract clause that prohibits a club from offering a QO? Maybe a club option so large there's no chance the club will excercise it?

Jeff Sullivan

10:16

The CBA prohibits such language

10:16

Yoenis Cespedes had a clause guaranteeing that he would be released at the end of his deal, and you can't offer a QO to a released player, but I think that was a special circumstance

10:17

(because Cespedes was hitting free agency before racking up six years of service)

Gary

10:17

How often do you think teams sign players with the hope of trading them at the deadline?

Jeff Sullivan

10:17

Infrequently, but it does happen

Derek

10:18

Hey Jeff! Brandon Crawford...everyone says regression but that Giants Magic....think he could actually IMPROVE his power numbers this year?

Jeff Sullivan

10:18

I don't think he'll improve them, but I definitely think he could sustain them

BurleighGrimes

10:19

Given the insane price for pitching this offseason, the volatility of pitcher health, and their payroll concerns, would you have traded Harvey for young position player(s) if you were in charge?

Jeff Sullivan

10:19

I would've been open to it, but of course moving him depends on the offers coming back. I wouldn't have just made a point of trading Harvey no matter what

Jaack

10:19

How impressive is it only took one season for the Padres to go back to being the most boring team in the leage?

Jeff Sullivan

10:20

Given enough time everyone regresses to their own level

mattbalasis

10:20

Is the Mets rotation a victim of it's own composition when it comes to rankings? It occurs to me that any of their big 3 (or 4) would feature prominently a majority of MLB rotations, but on the Mets they're all 2nd fiddle -- to each OTHER! ... fangraphs projects 84 wins for the Mets? With all that pitching??

Jeff Sullivan

10:20

They'll project better, I think, when ZiPS gets folded in

Aaron

10:21

Is someone going to pry Sonny Gray away from Oakland before ST?

Jeff Sullivan

10:21

Won't happen

Gary

10:23

Someone asked this on a chat earlier this week, curious your thoughts. At the end of the year, what do you think people will consider Dipoto's best/worst moves of the offseason?

Jeff Sullivan

10:23

Just as a guess, I think people will like the Martin trade, and I think they'll question the Miley trade. Moving Miller was risky, too, but they seem awful high on Powell

Kevin

10:26

Who says no: Bryce Harper for Mookie Betts? Nationals easily win on expected value, Red Sox would do it because they're getting Bryce Harper (although as a fan I wouldn't want them to).

Jeff Sullivan

10:26

I think the Nationals pass on that

10:26

But, god damn, this question

_David_

10:27

Would you rather have Wade Miley 3/27 and a draft pick or Ian Kennedy 5/70 (plus Carson Smith and Roenis Elias)?

Jeff Sullivan

10:27

Well, the first one, but those aren't the only options

Ronnie

10:29

The Rays don't have any money or a legit catcher. Boom! Jonathan Lucroy! I'm fine with no Snell or Adames but would a package built around some combiantion of Honeywell/Guerreri/Faria and Bauers/Robertson be fair for both sides?

Jeff Sullivan

10:29

I honestly don't know how interested the Rays would be in two years of a potentially declining Lucroy. They might believe they can approximate him with what they have in-house and they're not really in a position to try to consolidate value

Jordan

10:29

Are the Tigers the most expensive and flawed team in history?

Jeff Sullivan

10:29

Remember the Phillies?

Pinstripe Wizard

10:30

Do you think Desmond will have to take a pillow contract and try to prove that last year was a down year for him before he gets a long term deal?

Jeff Sullivan

10:30

He might prefer it

10:30

I could see him as a one-year opt-out guy

Jim

10:32

Who's your favorite all time player under ~5 WAR, and least favorite over ~65 WAR?

Jeff Sullivan

10:32

Curt Schilling for the second part

10:32

or Pete Rose, or Roger Clemens

10:33

first part might be Justin Leone or Michael Saunders

10:33

oh, or Ryan Rowland-Smith

Kelly

10:34

Mariners biggest weakness this year?

Jeff Sullivan

10:35

I could see it being the bullpen if Cishek struggles, or power if Cruz takes a step back and the rebound guys don't rebound very much